News Stories

On Thursday, May 9th, the Hume Elementary School in collaboration with the Elephant Mountain Literary Festival (EMLF) committee was fortunate to host Vancouver author Tanya Lloyd Kyi in the Hume School Library.  On May 9th, Tanya was at Hume School to deliver three presentations for students in Grades 1-5. The sessions enjoyed by students included the following: 

The School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) Board of Education unanimously approved the annual budget for the 2024-2025 school year at its public meeting on the evening of May 14.

Recently, Hume Elementary Students concluded an Artstarts Artist in the Classroom project involving an introduction to Stop Motion Animation.  In total, 8 out of the 10 classes in the school worked with Artist, Brian Lye, a local filmmaker, artist, and arts educator living in Nelson, BC.  Brian completed three sessions in each of the classrooms.

An overview of discussion items and major decisions of the Board of Education of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake). For meeting agendas/minutes and a schedule of upcoming board meetings visit sd8.bc.ca/meetings . 

On February 28th, Wednesday, Hume Elementary School, honored Pink Shirt Day along with an array of schools worldwide.  Students and staff participated in activities around belonging and kindness in each of their classrooms and explored the story behind Pink Shirt Day.  All students created a pledge of kindness and created a mural as an entire school in the breeze-way.  Staff and

Hume Elementary School                                               Mrs. Mushumanski’s Grade 3 Class

An overview of discussion items and major decisions of the Board of Education of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake). For meeting agendas/minutes and a schedule of upcoming board meetings visit sd8.bc.ca/meetings . 

An overview of discussion items and major decisions of the Board of Education of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake). For meeting agendas/minutes and a schedule of upcoming board meetings visit sd8.bc.ca/meetings . 

On January 26th, Hume Elementary School hosted the annual Elementary School Volleyball Tournament.  This year there was participation from 9 schools and over 320 students.  Exciting to watch all of the great participation, determination, resilience, skill, and fun demonstrated by all of the schools.  Thank you to all the schools that participated and brought all the positive vibe

For the second consecutive year, Nelson area elementary schools in School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) have received a generous donation toward food for students and families thanks to fundraising efforts by the Nelson Professional Firefighters Association Local 1343 and community generosity.